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Goldcorp adopts “all-in” cost metric

VANCOUVER – A decade ago gold was worth less than US$300 an ounce and gold producers were desperate to attract investors. One method they developed was to report gold production costs using a minimalist metric, thus making their potential…


SilverCrest's Santa Elena open-pit mine. Source: SilverCrest Mines

SilverCrest finds new gold zone

Junior silver producer SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) has discovered a new high-grade gold and silver zone that lies below and is parallel to the main mineralized zone that is being mined at its Santa Elena open-pit operation in Sonora, Mexico,…



The camp at Western Copper and Gold's Casino project. Source: Western Copper and Gold

Western Copper jumps on Casino feasibility study

VANCOUVER – For resource companies, it can be hard to keep investors interested during the lull between discovery and development. During those years the story shifts from exciting exploration results to endless studies of metallurgy,…




US equities rally in first days of 2013

The benchmark S&P 500 index reached its highest close since December 2007 during the holiday-shortened trading week, which saw politicians strike a deal of sorts to avert the fiscal cliff while data from the Institute of Supply…


A sign for Cline Mining's New Elk metallurgical coal mine. Source: Cline Mining

Cline strives to to stay above water

VANCOUVER — Six months after Toronto-based Cline Mining (CMK-T) announced a suspension of operations at its wholly-owned New Elk metallurgical (met) coal mine outside of Trinidad, Colorado, the company is still searching for answers.



Angkor cashes in on Cambodian project generation

VANCOUVER — It has been just over a year since Vancouver-based Angkor Gold (ANK-V) went public with its stable of Cambodian exploration projects, and it is looking like the company’s early-mover strategy in the developing Southeast Asian…


Candente restarts drilling, shares surge 38%

Candente Copper (DNT-T) has started off the New Year by resuming exploration and feasibility drilling on its Canariaco copper-silver-gold project in northern Peru, sending its shares soaring.


Outcropping of banded iron formation found at Advanced Explorations' Tuktu 1 deposit. Source: Advanced Explorations

The tipping point for iron ore

Spot iron ore prices in September 2012 touched a three-year low of US$87 per tonne before rallying to US$120 per tonne in the closing months of the year. The question is where will prices move from here?


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